Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-10
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

Aimee, it is said, will stick to burlesque
next year.
Charles Cophlan will remain with Mrs.
Langtry next season.
Mrs. ID. p. Powers will be seen in San
Francisco next March.
Augustin DAILY will open his next London
season with The Tanning of the Shrew."
Patti is now having her jubilee In London,
1t is paying even better than the queens.
Lawrence Barrett, since the close of his
prosperous season, has been resting at his
country seat at COhasset, Mass.
The young American violinist, Hettie Car
penter. uses bow which was a gift to the
young prodigy from Emperor William.
Miss Marguerite Hall, OF Boston, has been
received with much favor in London musical
circles, and her singing has been highly
commended by her audiences.
Nine. Nilsson has been presented to her
young countrywoman, Mile. Sigrid Arnold
sen, of the Drury Lane opera troupe, in
whom she predicts another Nilsson
Henry Irving, in recognition of Miss Ellen
Terry''s success in the "Amber Heart" pre-
sented her with the play, which he had
bought from the author, Mr.. CamOur.
Adolf NeuendOrtf will superintend the
early production at Berlin of his opera,
OF prosperity at the Fhalia theatre month
or so ago.
The Liederkranz Social and Musical club,
of New York. has over 1,50O members, and a
than SjU0,0OO. The initiation fee is S25, and
the annual dues $50.
Margaret Mather's next season opens
august Is, Rochester, A. 7, Frederick
Jeannet Harold, and Mrs. Smith, are among
the.re-engagements tor her support "Thisbe,"
a tragedy by Alexander Dumas PEREZ will be
added TO her repertoire.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg is in Europe.
She will sojourn for brief time in London
and Paris. Then she goes GarSlbaH the
European mecca where wearied singers re-
cuperate in summer. She will be absent
about three months, and on her return make
a concert tour through the west.
The owner of the New York academy of
music is about to make some important i'm
prOvements in that place of amusement The
box and middle tiers will be rearranged and
fitted with comfortable chairs like those in
seats, but when the change shall have been
made there will be 425. The work will be
begun next Tuesday.
Mr.. J.. 9. Hensley, of Conyers, Ga, has
Thomas Nicely, of Ashvile, Ala, has a violin
containing the inscription: ''AntOniOus
Stradlvarious Cremonenis Facebat, Ammo
112l." The violin is still in excellent cond-
ton and has a good tone. Mr.. William
Bright, living in Crawtord's Cove, northwest
of Ashylle, is said to have violin in good
condition made in l7l4.
Mile, Florence Menk-Meyer, young plan
i Of ne Fstre ne ner brsnt SaGS payns vine
attracts great audiences. Although very
young she Is already tavorably known as a
composer, having published several success
now engaged on an opera, which is to be pro-
duced next year at the Royal Opera house in
Berlin, and of which she has written the text
as well as the music.
The manager of the new Warder Grand
opera house, Kansas City, ''in order to offer
theater-goers an opportunity to do away with
the nuisance OF being compelled to stand in
line for hours at time when big attractions
books, each one containing 200 tickets. These
| books will be sold for $780, or at the rate of
81 per coupon. The ticket will be good for
| all attractions, no matter what may ne the
| price for the particular OCCASION" How the
| coupon holder is to get q seat is not stated.
AT the National Music Teachers associa-
| tion meeting held at Indianapolis this week,
notable feature of the programme the first
| night was the prominence given to Ameri-
can music, both in the concerts and the dis
cussons The composers whose work fur
nished the selections were Arthur FoOte, +.
| o. Quicken. +. Van der STRICKEN, II. H..
| Huss, }. /, Paine, Otto Singer and Dudley
Buck. The vocalists We're Mrs. Emma
Thursby, of Brooklyn; Mrs Hattie j. Clap
| per and Mr.. William Courtney, of New
York, and g. Gott schalk, of Chicago. The
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1t has been authortatively announced that
all creditors of the National Opera company
will be paid dollar for dollar, and that the
| company will be in the amusement field next
season; in fact, several contracts have al
ready practically been closed. Mr.. Thomas
| held conference with Mr.. Lawrence and
Mrs. Thurber last week, and the future plans
| OF the corporation were fully discussed. A
| satisfactory arrangement was made with him
anc he will be retained as musical conductor.
| Mr.. Ludwig and other principals have been
re;engaged, together with choristers and
| thirty odd members of the ballet Those who
| have backed the great enterprise financially
are satisfied with the artistic success of the
venture, hut are disappointed in the res ult
| from business view. Not less than $500, 900
has been put up to keep the company afoat,
and the receipts have fallen below that, or at
| any rate there Is every indication that they
| have. The deficit is not far from Sl50, 600 so
far as known at the present time The ac-
| counts are in such inuddied condition that
1t will take weeks to find out just what the
stockholders will be required TO supply.